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Summary

• First such monograph on Brinda Somaya's work

• Enhanced with 640 images

• Features essays by and conversations with several noted scholars

• Features many previously unseen photographs

This volume is a comprehensive monograph chronicling the personal and professional journey of the Indian architect and urban conservationist Brinda Somaya, from 1975 to the present. Belonging to the 'Bridge Generation', her work transcends stylistic vocabulary and draws its inspiration from Indian culture, the landscape of the subcontinent and principles of sustainable design and intervention.

The book explores a cross-section of Somaya's diverse typology of projects, including housing, institutions, conservation, urban design, social design and industrial works that represent a unique 'non-stylistic' grammar that has a sense of 'order and appropriateness'. Situating her work in a broader context, the essays in this volume offer multiple perspectives on Somaya's accomplishments, while the dialogues outline the concerns central to her work.

Author Biography

Nandini Somaya Sampat joined SNK Consultants in 2007, and is involved in all aspects of the design, coordination and execution of projects. Ruturaj Parikh is the curator of this volume. He is a partner at Matter, an architecture and content firm based in Goa. The former Director of The Charles Correa Foundation, he works on architectural and curatorial projects.